'"The pair are said to have first met at the Oscars in 2008, and they were pictured together on a number of occasions in the following years - although their respective representatives always denied they were dating.

Here is the former couple getting all loved up back in 2008: One noticeable difference between the pair is their attitudes towards family.

"He was at dinner and the subject turned to Cameron (Diaz) dating Benji Madden," a source told Us Weekly.

"(Diddy) said, 'If I could turn back time, things would be different! After Diddy's Lopez days, he dated the 42-year-old "Sex Tape" star from 2008 to 2012.

The music mogul and the actress were said to have dated between 20, and it's been claimed Diddy, 45, wishes he took their union further.

'If I could turn back time, things would be different!The simplest approach to avoid this problem is to continue to use the Facebook app but not use the in-app browser.(Getty Images) You can tell a lot about a person from the people they date, and the one main thing you can tell from Cameron Diaz's dating resume is that she doesn't have a type.Things were reportedly steamy up until the very end of their love affair."Her hair was all crazy, her makeup was smeared and they made out in front of everyone," an insider told Us in 2012 about Diaz and Diddy's PDA during a gala in West Hollywood. " Something soured along the way and Diaz eventually parted ways with the hip hop mogul.